Upgrading the Computer

[Ralph]

I am in desperate need for a bigger Hard Drive.

I have looked around and im looking at about a 60 gig. I need more performace than space so i wanna get a top rpm and etc.

I i would like to use my old hard drive as a slave for Photoshop(Scratch Disks) but i do not have anough slots so i would have to get rid of my CD-rom (I have an external so it would be ok)


When buying a new one what do i need to know to make sure it is compatible with my system and how do i find out.

Thx,
Ralph

[Butters]

look on ebay for them. there are several people that buy them in bulk and sell them. i would go with at least a 80 gig. you can find them for less than a $100 on there.

[MOFO]

If your new hard drive is faster than your original, make sure you put it on a separate controller and not the same one has your old one... you could slow the new one down a good bit.

[Ralph]

How do people need 200gb's? How much porn does one person need?

Ive been running on a 10gb(Laugh all u want im used to it) and im fine with it. I dont have many video games or anything on my computer. I think ram and **** is alot more important rather than being able to save every episode of star trek on my computer.

Im thinking a 60 should be fine cause im not keeping the computer for much longer. And i will probably get more ram too.

What other things have to match? How do i kknw if its ide or whatever.

[Ralph]

I guess im looking for fast seek time and a big buffer?

[Ralph]

Originally posted by js52589
i have a 200gig :o. i download a lot of movies (not ALL are porn :o and none are star trek :p ) and ive filled up like 40gb in the past 3 months. HD will either be SATA or IDE, and it will be clearly on the box if you buy it in a store, or in the title if you buy online. Compatibility isnt much of an issue beyond that. as for speed, if you get a 7,200 rpm drive, you really wont be able to tell the difference in any other specs.

with the photshop i think that the little thinks would make a diff. How do i know if i need an ide or sata?

[DEAL]

I'm sure if I had a bigger hard drive I could get way more than 200gigs of porn, you can never have too much porn.
As for star trek .. I'd rather watch paint dry.

[86350x]

Originally posted by Ralph
How do people need 200gb's? How much porn does one person need?

Ive been running on a 10gb(Laugh all u want im used to it) and im fine with it. I dont have many video games or anything on my computer. I think ram and **** is alot more important rather than being able to save every episode of star trek on my computer.

Im thinking a 60 should be fine cause im not keeping the computer for much longer. And i will probably get more ram too.

What other things have to match? How do i kknw if its ide or whatever.

lol

I have an 80 gig, with the faster rpm, I kept the old 20 for a slave. I should have got a 200 for all of my porn though:p

Maxing out your ram does seem to help the speed. At least it helped on mine.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by 86350x
lol

I have an 80 gig, with the faster rpm, I kept the old 20 for a slave. I should have got a 200 for all of my porn though:p

Maxing out your ram does seem to help the speed. At least it helped on mine.


I guess i have IDE then. I know my cables are just flat or whatever. I think im just gonna go with a 60 to keep price down cause ill be going to a whole new computer when im off to college.

[p@iNn3ck]

120 Gb - ata133 - 5400 rpm (13 mili) - $49 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1074952&Sku=THD-1200M)


60GB - ata133 - 7200 (9mili) - $59 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=440430)

or get SATA for 10,000 rpm!

[represent618]

You just need a standard IDE drive, not a SCSI, thats all you need to know, go to circuit city or best buy, you will get a rebate for like $20 or so if you look for a good deal. You can also buy a USB adapter to slave in that old drive as external.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by represent618
You just need a standard IDE drive, not a SCSI, thats all you need to know, go to circuit city or best buy, you will get a rebate for like $20 or so if you look for a good deal. You can also buy a USB adapter to slave in that old drive as external.

would it be worth it or hard to do to set up the second one as a slave for scratch disks for photoshop?

[Ralph]

Originally posted by js52589
it wont be that hard, but I dont think its worth it to take out a cdrom, i would definitely just partition a little space on the new drive if you want to do it.

when it comes down to doing that ill "holla" at ya cause i dont knwo how to do that.

[Ralph]

I just bought a western digital 120 gig, 7200 rpm, 8mb buffer hdd. It was not too hard to install. Now i have 12 times the space. hahaha

Anybody wanna give me some tips on partitioning some space for photoshop. I saw something about that while setting up the hdd but didnt know hwat to do at the time.

Thx to anyone that helped.

Ralph

[HtFoxChick]

I have a question for you computer peeps. I have MSN and i can not get into my emails. I have like 20 emails that i can't get too. When i click on my email, i get a blank white screen. Why?????:(

[Ralph]

Originally posted by js52589
when youre installing windows, it will give you a screen about partitions and formatting, and you can select create a new partition, put in the size you want, and install windows and install windows on the other one.

I just copied my old hard drive onto the new one, and it asked me about partitions but i didnt do anything at the time so maybe its too late now.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by js52589
you could just wipe the new drive make your partition (if you have a copy of windows it will be easier, but if not you can do it with a dos boot disk) and copy the old hd onto the other partition.


I think ill quit while im ahead. Whats the advantage to it anyway?